Car-signal.



S. WIDEMAN.

CAR SIGNAL.

l APPLICATION FILED JULYSI, 191|. 1 ,141,509. Patented J une 1', 1915.

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can-SIGNAL.

Application flied July 31,V 1911.V

, T LEZ/whom 'it may concern l Y Be it known that I, Mrs. SADD: WIDEMAN,

a citizen `of the United? States, residing aty Niles, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have inventedvcertain new and Vuseful Improvements in lCar-SignalgofV which `.the following is a specification. p y v'Ihis inventionl relates to'improvementsin car signals and provide a device for signaling tothe 'motormanof an approaching car that a passenger desired to get on.

Anotherobject, is to provide ia device 'to be secured to a convenient `telegraph or trolley pole at a crossing, vsaid device having-a Vsignal which can be exposed to view by a manually means within convenient reach of the prospective passenger.A i

Other objects and advantages will be apV parent'rfrom theff llowingVV description and with particular reference tothe 'accompanying drawings.

YIn the drawings z-Figure is a side ele?Y vation of the vdevice mounted on the `pole adjacent the single track railway. Fig. 2 isV za similar view showing one of the doors of the device open. Fig.` on theline 3 3 of Fig. Fig.l 4 is a plan view showing thesame when used in connection with la double track railway. Fig. 5 Vis a plan Vview of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to 1, slightly enlarged.

the drawings represents l a trolley or telegraph pole which is located along the side of a railway track and to which is securedV the'box 11 by means of the brackets 12.

On each side of the box a door held normally closed by thefspring hinges 14. chains 16, Vwhich extendin the direction of the pole 10, and over the "pulleys 19 on the pole, the lower end of eachrof said chains 1 6 having a-handler20 secured Mounted in any convenient the box is an'incandescentj-bulbv 21,`

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Specification of VLetters Patent.

the principal object isato that he Vdesires 13, and exposes operating l have each of the side, it being only necessary pective passenger the car is to stop,

3 is a vertical section suitable support,

' and means for opening opening of the vbox `reflector of the other door through the opening.

Secured tothe doors at .points are the point within ,ably of red glass-said receiving cur-"fj Patentes .rune i, i915.

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rent from the mains 22 by means of the feed wires 23.

' On the inner face of each of the doors 13" is a mirror or` other reflector l1 which is to reflect the light of the lampV when the opposite door is opened The box extends outwardly from the post in the direction of the track, and on the side of the track and of the crossing where the car should stop, so desiring to signal to an approaching car to Vget aboard, simply pulls the handle 20 Awhich opens oneV of the doors the red lamp 21 to view from the side Vof the box toward the approaching car. 1

In double track railways I place the box on the: trolley pole betwe chains 18to extend through the pulleys 25 on the sides of theA track, so that the signal may be exposed by a passenger from either for the pros'- to position'himself where and upon the approach of thevcar operate the chain 18 to open one of the doors and cause the light of the lamp to be reiiectedfrom the opposite door.

What is claimed isz' A signalingl device for electric railways comprising an inclosing box mounted on a a source of light within the box, horizontally swinging spring held V-doors on opposite sides of the box and arranged to open toward an approaching car, reflectors on the inner faces of the doors,

the doors, whereby when one of the vdoors is opened the light within the box will be visiblethrough the and reflected fromthe In testimony" whereof .I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

MRS. SADIE WIDEMAN. zWitnesses: l l ENOLA ELDER, y. p e HARRY. AC. Loo-imei).l

that a person at night,

en the tracks, and Y the ends of the bar 24 to by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, l 

